5 Years Since 'If the Ideal Juku Doesn't Exist, I'll Build It Myself.' Aiming to Deliver 'Sottaku-Doji' Inquiry Learning to Children Across Japan with 'AI Nobi Sensei'
Slow Learning Juku Nobiteku has developed the interactive inquiry learning app 'AI Nobi Sensei.' Endorsing the 'April Dream' initiative, they expressed their vision of providing inquiry-based education to children nationwide.
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Our company supports April Dream, a project that aims to make April 1st a day to broadcast dreams. This press release outlines the dream of 'Slow Learning Juku Nobiteku.'
Our dream is to create a society where children all over Japan can encounter 'Sottaku-doji' (perfectly timed) inquiry learning, regardless of the region they live in or their family environment.
To achieve this, Slow Learning Juku Nobiteku has developed the AI interactive inquiry learning app 'AI Nobi Sensei.'
The starting point was, 'If an ideal juku doesn't exist, I'll build it myself.'
Five years ago, feeling that 'there is no ideal juku (cram school) in Japan,' I launched an online juku myself.
That is Slow Learning Juku Nobiteku.
What I was looking for was not simply a place to cram knowledge.
It is a place where children can independently deepen their learning, formulating questions sparked by their own curiosity, thinking, and expressing themselves in their own words.
Inquiry-based learning is inherently very rich.
However, in reality, it is difficult to fully realize it in either schools or jukus.
This is because, to truly get inquiry on track, one must not overlook the inner movements of the child—such as 'I'm curious' or 'I want to know more'—and interact at that exact moment with perfect timing: not too much, and not too little.
'Sottaku-doji' guidance—guidance at the perfect moment.
This is not easy.
In fact, it is extremely difficult.
That is exactly why, for the past 5 years, I have accumulated practical experience in this interactive 'Sottaku-doji' guidance by facing each child individually through online one-on-one dialogues.
Entering the AI era, Japanese education can no longer avoid 'inquiry.'
And now, times have changed dramatically.
We have entered an era where AI can replace 'organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information' at a low cost; thus, the value of merely memorizing knowledge is not as high as it used to be.
What will be strongly demanded of humans going forward is the ability to determine what questions to ask, how to think, how to articulate those thoughts, and what to create.
This is the same in the world of education.
I believe that education is precisely the area that must change first.
Japanese education will also increasingly shift towards a focus on inquiry from now on.
Our dream is to create a society where children all over Japan can encounter 'Sottaku-doji' (perfectly timed) inquiry learning, regardless of the region they live in or their family environment.
To achieve this, Slow Learning Juku Nobiteku has developed the AI interactive inquiry learning app 'AI Nobi Sensei.'
The starting point was, 'If an ideal juku doesn't exist, I'll build it myself.'
Five years ago, feeling that 'there is no ideal juku (cram school) in Japan,' I launched an online juku myself.
That is Slow Learning Juku Nobiteku.
What I was looking for was not simply a place to cram knowledge.
It is a place where children can independently deepen their learning, formulating questions sparked by their own curiosity, thinking, and expressing themselves in their own words.
Inquiry-based learning is inherently very rich.
However, in reality, it is difficult to fully realize it in either schools or jukus.
This is because, to truly get inquiry on track, one must not overlook the inner movements of the child—such as 'I'm curious' or 'I want to know more'—and interact at that exact moment with perfect timing: not too much, and not too little.
'Sottaku-doji' guidance—guidance at the perfect moment.
This is not easy.
In fact, it is extremely difficult.
That is exactly why, for the past 5 years, I have accumulated practical experience in this interactive 'Sottaku-doji' guidance by facing each child individually through online one-on-one dialogues.
Entering the AI era, Japanese education can no longer avoid 'inquiry.'
And now, times have changed dramatically.
We have entered an era where AI can replace 'organizing, summarizing, and analyzing information' at a low cost; thus, the value of merely memorizing knowledge is not as high as it used to be.
What will be strongly demanded of humans going forward is the ability to determine what questions to ask, how to think, how to articulate those thoughts, and what to create.
This is the same in the world of education.
I believe that education is precisely the area that must change first.
Japanese education will also increasingly shift towards a focus on inquiry from now on.